TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Gordon J.
TI  - The epidemiology of eye disease
SN  - 9781848166257
AV  - RE 46 .E65 2012
U1  - 617.7 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London, Singapore, Hackensack, NJ
PB  - Imperial College Press, Distributed by World Scientific
KW  - Eye
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Epidemology
KW  - Blindness
KW  - Prevention and control
N1  - Previous ed.: 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION --; 1. Prevalence, incidence and distribution of visual impairment; G. V. S. Murthy and Gordon Johnson -- SECTION 2: METHODOLOGY --; 2. Epidemiological research methods: an outline; Darwin Minassian and Hannah Kuper --; 3. Cross-sectional studies; Darwin Minassian and Hannah Kuper --; 4. Case-control studies; Astrid Fletcher --; 5. Cohort studies; Emily Herrett and Hannah Kuper --; 6. Genetic epidemiology; Christopher Hammond --; 7. Clinical trials; Maureen Maguire --; 8. Screening in ophthalmology; Richarad Wormald and Robert Lindfield --; 9. Research synthesis; Jennifer Evans and Richard Wormald -- SECTION 3: SPECIFIC ENTITIES --; 10. Age-related cataract; Emily Gower and Sheila West --; 11. Epidemiology of refractive errors and presbyopia; Leslie Hyman and Ilesh Patel --; 12. The epidemiology of low vision; Gary Rubin --; 13. Glaucoma; Paul Foster and Harry Quigley --; 14. Visual impairment and blindness in children --; 14a.Magnitude and causes; Clare Gilbert and Jugnoo Rahi --; 14b.Vitamin A deficiency disorders; Keith West Jr. and Alfred Sommer --; 14c.Ophthalmia neonatorum; Volker Klauss and Ulrich Schaller --; Contents note continued; 14d.Corneal disease in children; Clare Gilbert --; 14e.Cataract in children; Edward Wilson and Rupal Trivedi --; 14f.Glaucoma in children; Maria Papadopoulos and Peng Tee Khaw --; 14g.Retinopathy of prematurity; Subhadra Jalali and Graham Quinn --; 15.Dry eye disease; Debra Schaumberg and Giulio Ferrari --; 16.Corneal and external diseases --; 16a.Microbial keratitis; John Whitcher, Mathua Srinivasan and Madan Upadhyay --; 16b.Viral infectious keratoconjunctivitis; Stephen Tuft and Bita Manzouri --; 16c.Acanthamoeba keratitis; Stephanie Watson and John Dart --; 16d.Ocular manifestations of leprosy; Paul Courtright and Susan Lewallen --; 16e.Vernal keratoconjunctivitis; Stephen Tuft and Bita Manzouri --; 16f.Mooren's ulcer; Stephen Tuft and Bita Manzouri --; 16g.Climatic droplet keratopathy; Gordon Johnson --; 16h.Pterygium; Gordon Johnson --; 17.Epidemiology of trachoma; Sheila West and Robin Bailey --; 18.Onchocerciasis; Adrian Hopkins --; 19.The epidemiology of uveitis; Jennifer Thorne and Douglas Jabs --; 20.Ocular complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection; John Kempen --; 21.Diabetic retinopathy; Barbara Klein and Ronald Klein --; 22.Age-related macular degeneration; Jennifer Evans and Tien Wong --; Contents note continued: SECTION 4 PREVENTION STRATEGIES --; 23.From epidemiology to programme; Robert Lindfield, Hans Limburg and Allen Foster --; 24.Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness; Robert Lindfield, Ivo Kocur, Hans Limburg and Allen Foster
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